Spill Response Expo 2018

The Spill Response Expo is the UK’s largest event designed to showcase the latest innovations that further the prevention, detection and management of chemical spills on water and on land.

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Prof. Russell Thomas

WSP

Russell is a Technical Director within WSP Bristol office. A biotechnologist by training, after finishing a PhD on nuclear waste treatment, Russell worked within the industrial research sector of the UK gas industry, before transferring to the consultancy sector 16 years ago.
Although Russell has worked across a wide range of areas, he is best known for his knowledge of the manufactured gas industry and a range of successful innovation projects he has managed.
Russell was recently appointed to a Professorship at the department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Strathclyde, in addition to his lectureship at the University of Manchester. Russell manages a variety of innovations projects in collaboration with these universities, which stretch from environmental applications of nanotechnology to research into environmental forensics.
Invited to become a member of the Institute of Gas Engineers and Managers history Panel, Russell has an in depth knowledge of the history, processes and past activities of the gas industry. He has written numerous papers and been an invited speaker at conferences globally on this subject.

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